Effects of Hospital Delirium in Nursing Home Patients May Linger
Delirium in the elderly is often treated as inevitable and untreatable. Nursing home patients may grow confused and irrational and sometimes violent during stays in the hospital. In previous blogs on this site it has been noted that many deliriums may be attributed to the after-effects of anesthesia and can be fully treatable as such. In […]
The Dirty Little Nursing Home Secret
Grazian and Volpe (now Lloyd Miller Law) has written multiple articles on this website regarding the dangers of nursing home neglect and abuse. We have repeatedly stressed the need for the family and friends of the nursing home patient to be vigilant for the signs of neglect and abuse and to familiarize themselves with the […]
Huge Verdict in Grocery Store Slip and Fall
A grocery store slip and fall has yielded at $2.3 million dollar verdict for a man who slipped and fell on crushed fruit in a Kroger grocery store. The man suffered a serious spinal cord injury in the fall. The judge in the case determined that Kroger had destroyed and manipulated key video evidence and […]
Serious Fall In Nursing Home Yields Serious Verdict
Slip and Falls are an underestimated cause of serious personal injury. In fact, over 45% of all serious personal injuries suffered in the United States each year are caused by falls, a goodly portion due to the negligence of the property owner. In Virgina, a jury awarded $6.5 million verdict to an 84-year-old woman who […]
In a Motorcycle Accident? Let Your Helmet Call for Help!
After a motorcyle accident or bicycle accident, your helmet can call for help through a sensor which will be available in 2013. When the ICEdot Crash sensor detects an accident, it will send a message complete with GPS coordinates to the user’s emergency contacts via a smartphone application. The device is expected to cost around […]